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Youth Justice Board Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20 Annual report and accounts 2019/20 The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales HC 765 The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales Annual report and accounts 2019/20 Report presented to Parliament pursuant to Schedule 2, paragraph 8 (2) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 Accounts presented to Parliament pursuant to Schedule 2, paragraph 9 (4) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 16 September 2020 HC 765 © Crown copyright 2020 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/official-documents Any enquiries regarding this publication should be emailed to [email protected] or sent to us at: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales Clive House 70 Petty France London SW1H 9EX ISBN 978-1-5286-1857-1 CCS0320358550 09/20 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum Printed in the UK by the APS Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Contents Foreword 5 Performance report 2019/20 7 Overview 8 Performance analysis 14 Our work in 2019/20 19 Accountability report 2019/20 31 Accountability report 32 Governance statement 37 Remuneration and staff report 48 Staff statistics 55 Parliamentary accountability and audit report 61 The certificate and report of the Comptroller and Auditor General to the Houses of Parliament 62 Financial statements 2019/20 65 Annual report and accounts 2019/20 Foreword I am proud of what YJB staff and our colleagues and partners across the system have achieved over the last year to improve outcomes for children. I hope that this report has captured these efforts as we all strive to do our best for children in the youth justice system and the communities we serve. I believe that we have remained true to our vision and continue to make headway against our youth justice system aims. The number of arrests, first time entrants, cautions and sentences all continued to decline1. We have also not seen the increases in knife and weapon offences involving children or reoffending that some might have predicted. This progress is testament to the unwavering commitment and compassion of those who work in and influence youth justice. For your efforts, I extend my heartfelt thanks. In our 2018/19 business plan we outlined the priorities2 set by our Board. We have made progress with all of these, but there is still some way to go and some aspects of the system are particularly concerning. Despite the numbers of children detained being at a record low, the number of restrictive physical interventions and self-harm incidents in the secure estate have both risen in the last year. Responsibility for children in custody sits with the Youth Custody Service (YCS), but we are doing what we can to help them keep children safe. YJB Board members are lending their expertise to the YCS and are helping them to drive the improvement that is needed. The joint thematic inspection on resettlement work3 published by HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Probation in August 2019 showed that there is still more to be done to improve the outcomes for children leaving custody. We agree, and throughout the year have promoted the use of a ‘constructive’ resettlement approach and used our influence to bring together key stakeholders to identify solutions to this issue. There remains a disproportionately high number of children from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds in the system, particularly black boys. A child’s ethnicity should play no part in their experience of the youth justice system. We included this in our strategic plan4 and have engaged in a programme of work to help reduce disproportionality as well as improve transparency and trust in the system. Sadly, our Youth Advisory Network tell us that violence remains one of the biggest fears for children and reasons for carrying a knife. In the past year we have supported youth offending teams through additional funding to tackle serious violence. We have encouraged the sharing of good practice and the trialling of innovative approaches. We have shared data and experiences and will continue this approach in future. 1 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2018-to-2019 2 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/yjb-business-plan-2018-to-2019 3 https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspections/youth-resettlement-work-interim-report-into-work-in-custody-october-2018- april-2019/ 4 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-justice-board-for-england-and-wales-strategic-plan-2019-22 5 Annual report and accounts 2019/20 Two of our Board members stood down during the year, Mairead Healey and Sir Alan Wood. We wish to thank them for their contributions and wish them both well. In March 2020, Charlie Taylor’s tenure as Chair came to an end. I would like to extend my gratitude for the passion, challenge and expertise he brought to this role. On 14 April 2020, the Secretary of State announced the appointment of Keith Fraser as Chair of the YJB for a period of three years. It is important to acknowledge that, in the last three weeks of the 19/20 reporting year, the YJB, like the rest of the country, had to respond to COVID-19. This resulted in us moving to a remote operating model and providing additional support and leadership to the sector. We established the impact on services and represented the needs of children and the sector across government. This was the start of a challenging period and I am proud of the YJB’s response as well as the actions of those who work tirelessly to support children in the youth justice system. Date: 10 September 2020 Colin Allars Chief Executive and Accounting Officer 6 1 Performance report 2019/20 • Overview • Performance analysis • Our work Annual report and accounts 2019/20 Overview This section of the report provides an overview of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) including: • who we are and what we stand for • the Chief Executive’s review of the year and our financial performance • our principle plans and risks for the future. It concludes by looking at how the youth justice system performed and what we did within the year. Who we are and what we stand for The YJB for England and Wales is an independent non-departmental public body established by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. We are appointed by the Secretary of State, and we are responsible for overseeing the operation of the youth justice system and the provision of youth justice services. We are the only statutory body to have oversight of the whole system. We work with partners with the aim of preventing offending and reoffending by children under 18 years old. Through our oversight of the system and the advice we provide to ministers and the sector we aim to improve the safety of children within the youth justice system who find themselves in those circumstances, and help children achieve positive outcomes to lead them towards a successful and productive adulthood. Our partners include, but are not limited to: • local authorities and youth offending teams (YOTs) • police forces, police & crime commissioners and mayoral offices • children’s services, and their partners i.e. health, education, police and the probation service • the Youth Custody Service (YCS) • government departments, including the Welsh Government, that are responsible for services and policy which impact on the youth justice system • inspectorates and representative bodies • academics • voluntary and third sector partners • membership bodies and charities. Summary of our functions As a statutory body, we have a number of functions that relate to youth justice. These include: • monitoring the youth justice system • advising ministers • commissioning research • identifying and promoting good practice • making grants • publishing information • providing IT-related support • supporting system improvement. 8 Section 1 Performance Report 2019/20 Our vision In May 2019, following a review by the Board, we published our revised vision set out below: A youth justice system that sees children as children, treats them fairly and helps them to build on their strengths so they can make a constructive contribution to society. This will prevent offending and create safer communities with fewer victims. As an independent public body with responsibility for monitoring the youth justice system, we gather information and assess its effectiveness. We aim to form an expert view of how the system can prevent offending and deliver the best outcomes for children who offend and for victims of their crime. We also revised our strategic approach which for the first time set out clearly, who we are and what we stand for. Our work is guided by a ‘child first’ principle, which puts children at the forefront of all our work. We are committed to this principle given the growing evidence that this approach is effective in preventing offending and reoffending, and offers children the support they need. We want to fulfil our vision by working towards our whole-system aims. These aims are as follows: • reduce the number of children in the youth justice system • reduce reoffending by children in the youth justice system • improve the safety and well-being of children in the youth justice system • improve outcomes for children in the youth justice system.
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